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i rend, that this case ll'aS indeed a most diatresaini one. Re had been perntively instraled to abstain from every observation rending to justify, or to miti gate in any degree, the eriminarty of the Defendant in a moral point of VitilV. He should therefore not attempt to soften down or shade away the crimi-. nality ; and on the subject of damages, , he would say, that Lord Psget would not be soliuitous about the mitigation of damages, if he could suppose that atty damages which a Jury could reasonably give, would really be a compensation to the wounded feelings and happiness of th e Plaintiti. He thought, however, t oo highly'of him to suppose it would, and therefore did net suppose the Jury would give any very inflamed dameges on account of his crinti , salitY. This was an action for compensation in da mages for a civil injury, and it was nut a criminal proceeding to punish an immoral ati. In. the point of compensation to Mr: Wellesley, many pitmen stances which aggravated the offence of Lord Paget were in no degree applicable : for instance, the strong ground of aggravation was, that Lord Paget 'Was a married man, and had eight children. What was this, however, to the compensation due to Mr. Wellesley ? When a husband Imes his wife, is it to him of any consequence whether the seducer is a Married or a single man, whether he has eight chil dren, or whether he-has no children, or whether the wife that has been unfaithful to him may marry her seducer or not ? Certainly a hnsband could not ex- Peet additional damages, merely because the wife that had eloped from him was prevented from mar- Tying the man with whom she eloped. He hoped the Jury would weigh these considerations in their iliscretion, and consider norso much the "guilt of the Defendant, as the injury for which the Plaintiff sought a compensation in money. The real circum stances of the case were these :—There had been an, Intimacy between the Defendant and Lady Charlotte from their earliest years. Ad innocent intithacyMas to ta ms matured into friendship, and soon assumed ,- n n,other form. Both parties shuddered equally at w hat they conceived the inevitable consequence of this strong attachment, and resolved to struggle as. much as possible against it.. At first they resolved ft: avoid Meeting each other, but from the rank. , they moved in in life, this was impossible. - Lady Charlotte conceived herself strongly impressed with . t e ligiona feelings, and Clew to religion to proted her honour. This was n vain attempt.. That which 0 9r poet had put in the month of Eloise, Lady Charlotte experieticed. In vain she addressed her Prayers to Hearen...--Lord Paget was always in her thoughts, and the master of heratfediens, Lord' , laget, on the other hand, who had chosen the ho rourable profession of arms, in order to avoid the temptation which he felt he had nor force to resist, sought for and obtained an,appointment on foreign' service. 'H e c o u ld' not b an i s h t he id ea of Lady Charlotte front his heart ; end those who knew him c n,the foreign se rv i ce s t a te, that upon every occasion ~ appeared to court danger, and to seek fur death. ' u nfortunately for him, he did nut meet it; for it be had met it there, he would have fallen on the ,bed of honour, and the tears of his country Would" nave bedewed his grave. But now Lord Paget, Who a few months ago Was possessed of everything In which happiness is supposed to consist, who was `the theme and admiration of every British soldier, Was ruined both in private esteem and in his public .Seputation, and had nothing now to hope hot-to be 'rettittred to pass the remainder of his da ri, ys in obti rt 'bad ben truly observed .by some that if we coe l 4 leek into each net ees thern A vi ,° l lld be no such-thing as envy in , the world. If rose Vilio admired Lord Paget while he was gain ing honour for his country in Spain, could have seen how this fatal passion wound like a snake about his breast, and threeteoed to blast honour !rid his peke; they would not have envied. Lord Paget, however :illustrious they saw bins in rank or Thilitaty renown. Re was sna r e that there , were Some generons minds that could feel pity for the situation into which Lord Paget had fallen. Soon after his ,return front Spain, Lady Charlotte eloped from her husband, and asked his prOteaion. This proteklion, most unfortunately for hitoseil . , lie gram. td. He hoped the Jury would weigh all those things in their discretion ; but, aboVe all, that they would separate from the question of compensation to Mr. Wellesley, circumstances which were quite foreign to that question. . The Chairthan summed up the evidence, and Stated the case very shortly to the Jury. One of the Jurymen, asked at what the damages . Were laid in the declaration, and was answered at $O,OOOl. The Jury then considered for a few moments, and brought . in their verdi& for the Plaintiff...Da, Thages 20;0001. 4 x Music. —The great Room at the Opera House. Was opened last 'night for the annual Concert of Messrs. C.. and W. K.NYvirr.---Tl well-kneWn . talents and private worth of the KN SWETT family w ill sufficiently eln ari l account lot the vor,y numerous and audience vvho attended. .The Concert was, of the best order, it) point. of vocal and instrumental excellence, —m„ . Miss PA RIO?, Mrs, RI A Neill, Airs. VAvoltAN, C. and W. N'Y.• VETT, MELD, SALE, VAUGII AN, BELLAMY, and m ilAk alsow, most ' ably supported the vocal deport -7'ents'l4l4 BILLINGTON never sung better. Her " Soldier 'fir 'cl') presented ni:w beauties, and was encored. A new glee, "Oh ! my Love's like the red and Rose," composed by Mr. W. KNYVETT, was much admired and was encored. Mr. C. NYvarr performed a Concerto on the Grand Piano in the first style of excellence. The whole vas well arranged and agreeably diversified. It is said that Mrs, Si DEMI has: been induced to enter into ah engagement to perfiarm one more sea -42n, and has concluded articles with the Covent- Wrden Proprietors, in order to give additional eclat t o the new Theatre. We received last night the Gawk de Prance of the 3d inst. It contains an article dated Abo, thd "Ci March, which states, that no the itith the States of Finland were opened at Borgo, in presence 0 f the Emperor of ItussiA, who received the oath of allegiance from all the Members, and on the f,! , ..?d he set out on his rettirit to St. Petersburgh, *bele he arri ve d on'the 7 , th April: - The week before last, the leaden statue of King Citroti.Es the Second, which stood at the Ca!4tle of Glantatiit, was ttiroAzi down, and the'held - ttidprni "It off and coined away. ' A reward of twenty 'gra fleas is otibred tor the di:wort:ly of the onlidc'rs. IMPtRIAL PARLIAUEiIT. HOUSE OF PEERS. - FRIDAY; NAY 12. The Royal Assent was mail - led by Commission to 72 public and private Bills. Among, the 'former were, the Local Militia, the Scotch Records Bill, the Compassionate List of the Navy Bill; &c. The Commissione►s were, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Camden, and Eak Bathurst.. Counsel were again heard in the Appeal Frank v. Frank. . MR. MERE. • Lord DAPNLEY stated, that in consequence of what tell from the 'Noble Secretary of State on a fcrrinerevening,- and as' he had found that a Noble and distinguished person had been appointed to the Embassy of Spain in r\lr. Frere's stead, he should iOrego the motion that he intended to submit to their Lordships consideration tespeding that Gentleman. At the swire time he.thought it but right to say, that he did expect, and the public expo led, that as that Gentleman's demeanour had not proved so useful to the Country, or so benefical to the State, as it ought, he trusted that his Majesty's Ministers had it in contemplation to advise the King against employ ing him again in any diplomatic capacity whatso ever. E ' The Earl of LIVERPOOL 'answered, that no such thing era; to be understood. Certain it was, how ever,. that in a certain degree Mr. Frere's conduCt did not prove so satisfaCtory as, from his judgment in other things, there was reason to hope might be ex pu6led front him; but Mr. Frere had in many ardu- Otis ill4tatlC:3 given signal proofs of talent and merit, and it would be rather too inceh that for one single case of error, all the good be did should be forgotten or !disregarded. scol - Cit jUDIcATURE. The ',LORD CHANCELLOtt signified, that 3S the Report of the Commisqioners was not yet presented, : the discussion ott the Bill respecting them should be postpot.ed till after the Whitsuntide Recess, and it. was postponed accordingly.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF CO,II4IIONS. In consequence of a message by the Usher of the Black Rod, the SPEAKIi It attended - the ..Huuse of Lords, and on his return informed the Douse, that the Royal Assent had been given, by CO111111654)11, to a number of public and private Bills.---[For which, see, our report of the •proceedings in the House of Lords.) Mr. Rose broughtin a Bin to permit the importa tion, from Africa .and certain ports in Europe, of Goods not at present alloWed to be imported by Law.—Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. The Committee on she Woollen , Manufaatires Bill was postponed to Monday., . Mr. WusaToN brought - ,up the Report of the Committee on the Navigation Adohe resolution was agreed to, and a Bill ordered accordingly. Mr. liosKissoN brought in ,a-Bili for the better Prevention ot'Smuggling.--41ead „a first, and order ed to be read a second time on Monday. On the motion: of Mr. HUSKISSON it was order ed, that the House, at its 'rising, should adjourn to Monday. SWEDISH TREATY. mr..Seretary Cs NS N G pre3ented a copy of the Subsidiary Treaty that had been entered into be tweewhis Majettyand the King.of Sweden, In moving that it de tic on the table, Mr. CAN. NIZJG observed, that,it would have been pre4ented immediately tin its arrival from 'Stockholm, had,not the events in Sweden rendered it probable that it would be necessary to accompany, it with some ob servations. On, a former occasion he bad stated to: the Houle, thin no,payment had taken place on this, Treaty subsequently to the first quarter after its conclusion, That was still the fra. In the cam tAttee of Ways and Means to-night, it )vas intend ed to move merely that sum at, the same_ time such was the state of the relations existing between this. Country and Sweden, that he did not teel autho rized t o make any distina declaration upon the sub jet,l,,any further t tian that at the present not any thint; move was intended.—The Treaty vas then ordered in lie on Ow table. • Alter a short conversation between Mr. Whit bread and Sir T,Turton, the. sill for making certain regulations in the Court of Chancery was read a third tittle, and passed.. Mr. Rost: gave notice that on Monday he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Ad rettpe6ting Prize Money. The reception of the Report of the Irish . Beer Bill was postponed to Monday. FOREIGN OFFICERS. Mr. ,WHITEREAp rose to make. his motion for a return of Foreign Officers in the British Service ; a motion to which he said he was excited by the pe rusal of the retools respelling Colonel Charmilly. These Foreign Officers certainly stood in very suspi cions circumstances. It certainly appeared that the merits Of some of them had not turned out very great, although there were doubtless among them some met itoriOus individuals. It became necessary, however, in his opinion, to investigate their num bers and charaaer. It was an extraordinary and unaccountable circumstance, that , at the very time when some of these Officers were allowed to enlist men in this country front the French prisons, per mission had been .refused to such a distioguished ,Noblentan as, the Duke of Bedford, to put himself at the head of ,a body i .of owti tenantry. HO moved, that 'there be laid before the House an ac count of all Foreign Officers holding ,commissions in his Majesty's service, together with the dates of those commissions, as/:also an account of the Allowances to those Officers, and the grounds on which they were granted.' Lord CASTIAMEAGH said, that the doubts which he had stated yestentlay on this sobjeCil, and which induced him to request the Lion. Gentlemao to post pone his motion until the present day, had, upon, inquiry,. been - contipned. Inese Officers were the • subjects olother Stated, to therefoie, they were - restpon.able and if publicity should be given to their names, it might. ,he very prejudicial to ti n personal security. He felt ii therefore Ins duty, to oppose the motion. . . • Alt. Wiill'vm , „<,l) calici4 th z.t reason ridthleo4 by. the Noble I,urct a snbtertuats in ev,kle grataing ttso tem-Cited infurination, for tli,e natile4 of ii 4 the 011i ceri Minded to weie iilN,tdi in the Army List, a cibwment a Ole titwv4t' publicity. In addition to . . the case of the bake of eciford hi mentioned ihift `of the late Lord Petre, who, having raised 400 men, Was refused the command of them because he was a lioman Catholic.; and thiS when Colonel Charmilly, Aiid 'other's like him, had free letters of service. It was tiotorions that sixteen guineas a man was allow ed to Colotlet Chantilly; although he was permitted to go to the Prison doors,, and although, under such circumstances, he might have filled his whole regP merit without itiy expence whatever. He should take the sense or the House on his mOtion. After a few wbrO Irani Mr. HOsitissou tho House divided, • For the Motion • 29 Against it -..- .. 54 Majority. . • - —45 An humble AddressivaS 'Ordered to be presented to his Majesty, praying that he woul d be graciodsly pleased to order that there , he laid before the House Copies or Abstrada of the nettirns made to' the Privy Council by the ArchbishOpii atid Bishops, re lative to the residence of the Clergy in their respec tive dioceses, during the years i f} . o4, 1805, 1806;\ 1807, and 180th. Lord PORCHESTJR postpOned hii 'motion until Thursday next. • cCMNIITTEE OF SUPPLY. 'The Swedish Treaty, presented by Atr..Secretary CANNING, having been referred to the Committee of Supply, the House resolved itself into the Corn mittee. Thu CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. moved a Resolution, that a sum, not exceeding 400;000l. granted to his Majesty, to enable him to make good his engagements with his Sici.ian We.qy. Hestated that to 0,0001; of this stun was ah . arrdar. The Resolution was agreed to. The Can A NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved that a sum not exceeding 300,0001. be granted to his Majesty, to enable him to make good hisad %iances to the King of Sweden. These advances, as had bun already stated by bjs Right flon. friend, were made during the first three months after the Concluaion of the treaty. In answer to a question fr'om'Mr.::PoNsoNny, who was not in the House when the treaty was presented, Air. Secretary CANNING repeated the titatement. which be'rnade on that occasion. The Resolution was then agreed to; and the House having been resumed, the report was ordered to be received on Monday.' !MPG ET. The Account of the War Taxes having been re ferred to the Committee of Ways and Malts, and the Urdu of the Day having been read, f o r r eso l v i ng into the' Committee, Mr. HuStossoN moved that the Speaker should leaVe the chair. Mr. Patt:vvlr. thbught, that before the House of Commons were Called on to vote the Ways ,and Meani fig the yenr, it was highly proper that they should be accurately informed of the state of the Public Accounts. Thesenceounts, which had been presented to the House on the of March, bad on the succeeding day, been taken from the table to the Printer's, and no opportunity had been af forded to Members to inspea them. Under these circumstances, he thought it would be becoming,in the Chancellor Of the Exchequer to postpone his Budget. • Husxissow obteried, that these accounts were very voluminous, and required great 'attention in; drawing them up) and when the. House' consi. tiered how many papers were, from time to time, ot•de red to be presented from the pub? ic 7 otfi eeS, they would not be surprised at any little delay that inig:.a have occurred: The 6d was, however, that the Most important of these accounts, as connected with the'Ways and Means, were laid betbre the House at the end of every Year. With respes to'a post ponement of the lindget; at so late, a period as the Ith of May, it would be extremely Inconvenient,. Until these few years, the Budget 'had always been brought forward much earlier) sometimes even in January. Sir J. NawrOler maintained an opinion similar to that of Mr. Parnell, and recommended that dn : plicates of the public papers which it was necessary. to tend to the Ptinter's, should be left on the table of the House. The SPEAKER observed, that such a regulation was in force„ and that duplicates of the papers in question were a6leally on the 'table. With respell to the delay in printing, it must be borne in mind, that the printing of 'figures was a peculiarly' difficult and tedious operation. The Ca'Axtatt.Loa of the EXCHEQUER' said, that if the printed accounts were not on the table of the. House when the Ways and Means were proposed, they would still operate as'a check Upon any subse quent measures that might be introduced: Mr. ROSE informed the House, . that it was only by the greatest possible exertion that these public Accounts had been prepared even by the _26th of March; a number of additional Clerks had been en',. gaged, who toad been employed dlay andi night tbr that purpose. The House , then resolved into the Committee. The CNANCIMI.OE tif the ExcliEclVUlt Ocebtred that he should nut waste ,the time rat the Committee by any prefatory observations, hciug satisfied that the nature of the subjeet was such that it could trot fail of attra&ing their attention. IL 51,041,t pro. ceed, therefore, to discharge the itriportsiot- duty of laying before the Committee a staters ant of the Supplies Which had been already voted, and of ,the nature and extent of the correspondent Ways and Means which ,he intended to propose.. e articles of Supply (few of which the Chturnittee would perceive had not been already ;voted) were as fol. low SUPPLI ES. Navy Army - Ordnance tR,986,96-,, • 2 41+417', Lngland - - £5,275)29g I I.kila • • • , 627,876 5.9 3 OA . • , Miscellaneous 73 ' 7/1 ? $ 9* o 000 - 27).049 a f.r.glAnd - 3,00c i 000 Vote ot Credit tioanti 830,000 s 3 00,1300 SwediOt Sobbidy - 390,0'a0 Skittan Sutnnty - 4'90000 Tota I joint barge £s , 9 1. 4 , 9 1 England separate Char es. Deficiency Molt Duty, :liv7 4 - 3ta), a t Intete4t oil 'lactic -titter Bit is 1.5.7.0,00 S per Gents. 1791, to b 4 p4lfl off 0e,07 Total Sups s3,B6t,se: # , D lust Jr:tana's proportion of Svpply al.l i. rii . On 4 - CCollilt of Lollar - At 47484,024 To meet these supges, the articles alleaciy voted and those which he should have the honour to pose, were as follOW:-- WAYS AND MA'ANS. Duty on Malt, Pensions, &c. - v3,ocO,ooca Estimated surplus Consolidated F un d, to A pr il- - S, ate - Surplui Ways and Means, 12, , 8 War Tatei - Lottery . Egsess of Exchequer Riffs:49 Peo. lii. Cap, ar, after reserving.suiliCient to Ray off £7,345,2 ; 0, issued per At .01 Geo. 11 i. Lap. 7, the re. mairuler having been . funded - , 3, t,s4,taa EXGCSS of ditto, voted in the present, Session ? aftei 'reserving siifficient to pay oil 441 6 441 1 0 u )SStlett per Ad 4 3 C;eo.' I 1 I. cap. i 4 , ti u remainder having been funded - Eicheq.:er Rills on Vote of Credit , Repayment of Sum advanced to Portitgai • Loan Supplies 400,600 ,g,ctoo s oo4 u;oaci 1, 3i5t9 1 0. 3 ,u(x),Q9J. 13 ',MK/ 1 ,0ur,,000 Surplus Ways and Marta 471713,c51 A7e58,,24 tjo,o4Sl With respect to the Loan, he had that 'Morning contra ted for one, to the amount of 14,600,0001, viz. 11,000,0001, for Great Britain ; 3,000,0001. fot Ireland and 600,0001. for the Prince Regent of Portugal. He had great satisfaCtion in stating the terms on which this Loan had been concluded. They were as follow : for every 1001. the subscriber 4 were to receive ($Ol. of 4 per Cents, 60 of 3 per Cents. Reduced, and 83. 10d. in Long Annuities. The amount of interest on the money thus fur nished was no more than . 41.- 125.: 1 Ud. per cent.— a rate at which this country had scarcely ever been able to raise a Loan, and .at :which an individual would find it difficult to procure one. That part of th'e loan-negotiated forthe Prince Regent of Kri u. gal sVai secured on the revenues" of the island of Madeira; and further, on a contract entered into by the Ptince Regent to furnish to this country a certain portion of the produce of the Brazils. The whole of the capital which would be created by the proposed fuhding of Exchequer Wils (which Ex. chequer Bills, in the whole, aniqufited to 7,932,1001.) would be— per Cents 014 per Cents. Total ‘7,37«,308 380,336 C 8 , 2 ii) 6 44 The Sinking Fund on thecapital so created would be 494,2V11. and the total amount of the interest on the capital so created would be I ,143,6601.14 g.---lit might be satistadory to the Committee to state the -terms oflast year, and the terms of the present year, in comparison with each other. In the last year, tour millions of Exchequer ills were funded—. Per Cent. .C 5 4 91 Sinking Fund on ditto • a x .21 46 5 iti In the present par 7,y39,1001. of Exchequer Bills were funded— Per Cent. SUliciug Fund on ditto - , ks 3 ii -1 G 9 Cf) 3 1,4 The interest on the loran of eight millions last year was 41. 14s. 60, per cent. ; that On the loan of 1 t millions in the present year was . 41. , Iss. loti. per vent, These comparisons Were highly satisfaelory, art they atiorded a proof that .the pressure on tho wealth of the country was not by auy means, such as to impede our fmaucial operations.. On the con trary, during ,a period (If twelve months of war, if was evideritthat,thecNdit of the country had risen. Taking tire com p, with the addition of the Sinking Fund it would be-found that the total cliaige per cent. Was-- Last year a The parent year - 517 3f The total of the Stock created lait year, was 13,693,2531.; on a charge of 61. Os. 91. d. per cent.; the total of the Stock that would be created in the . present year was *1 . ,000,84.21. on a charge of t..L t9s. per cent. - In addition to this he hid the satistattion of stating that he understood the loan W 45 already at a pre m i u m of o ne a n d a hail per cent. so that it 13Voniiieci to be as advanta&eous to the contra6ors as to• the public. The total amount, therefore, of the . annual charge to be provided for was 1,1-13,.AG1. 14s. and he hod now'to state the manner in wh!cli he pro posed to do it, When the Noble Lord opposite was in the situation he had now the honour to hold, that Noble Lord's proposition was, that under the exist ing circumstances of the country, instead of pto viding by new taxation for the payment of these . annual clizirges, application, should be or of the existing War Taxes, to. the extent Elec; , sssary. I.,ast year he (the Chancellor ot the kitcheriEtel I had departed Trani this plan. But this year he intend, , ,,l to return to it. Ile begged however not to be wi derstood as applying this principle so far as Noble Lord ; indeed when the Noble 1,c). - c1 oropo-wO it, and suggested the expediency of a taxation for three years, he did nut contemplate probability that rlha. public ekpctiditure . :se to theurnount to %Odell it ;arisenin ill,. year. A pro;rci, ihrottgh tor .Cotisolicliition. of the Cost:ow,, tlii t :::• WhiCh itt t'.'ol;seilor ototi t tiett 105,0U0i. the saint! (1)C.ASO10, t,at uses to thLT trs,t, to tl,e War I‘,Aos inigllt be ehti:i . lateJs at so e. rn short of . the same ittnautai. There re'- rnaitierl I to be provided for, hod far finis su:» , to pledge the War . Taxes. In pcopc,sing the VOtti of credit, for 3 miltionh.:, Le should obsei. ve,4 hat consideritag the relative situation of this coo ry, n d the Continent at the present trib mertl, he did not think it expedient to hold out to oy p - ,trt the.world an etpettation that this , coun'-, try, inn the present year, would be able to advance rt sun:, than /Itch be hut meutiolied. 141 d or,e i.iirciunsiadep to ttaic to the Conimittee, to =which it would tie; neoettskry to ea!' the attenthtn of nitliarnent. Though no tru.fy existed betwip,..a Great Britain and Austria, yet such WAS the ex pec ration entertained by . Atitti,l of IA hat - this codotty was disposed to do in her I . ivour, th4t tibe.had vei:• turgid to draw on Great .I,3tuaiti to 14 very amount. 13ills had already iiriEved i eira,vir Treasury of Vienna, winch, of cParse, bad not until a eotnntuni , :..irien beet, vo.l:tt.: IC) liar:lent on the subjeet. t.hulde,4tionAly it we:, the intention of his . ALtleity's Mitiktttri,tO sub, ) , :t die Hotase the Propriety of form ping hit-ato (.1 defraying these bilis. (In answer w alnest;on the oppor.'ite side of the lioiAse, the Ch. - .11.c....11:..v 01 the Exchequer said that the amount di the-itt was about 300„0001.) 1-10 had melittund n: ' f.,? jet t ineient becattA tlicolzht it